The Legal 500 US awards

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1 The Legal 500 US awards 2014 The Legal 500 United States Awards 2014 is a brand new concept in recognizing and rewarding the best in-house and private practice teams and individuals over the past 12 months. There are no submissions, or black tie dinners that cost thousands of dollars to attend - the awards are handed to the elite legal practitioners, based on the most comprehensive research into the US legal market. Over 50,000 interviews have been conducted to ascertain the winners, who are invited to a free networking dinner in New York to celebrate with their peers. Only winners are invited.

2 2014 WINNERS LIST: LAW FIRMS FINANCE ASSET FINANCE AND LEASING Clifford Chance - WINNER Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP Vedder Price White & Case LLP BANK LENDING Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP - WINNER CAPITAL MARKETS: DEBT Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Shearman & Sterling LLP Sidley Austin LLP - WINNER Sullivan & Cromwell LLP CAPITAL MARKETS: EQUITY Baker Botts L.L.P. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - WINNER Kirkland & Ellis LLP Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP CORPORATE RESTRUTURING Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP Kramer Levin Naftali & Frankel LLP - WINNER Morrison & Foerster LLP Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP FINANCIAL SERVICES Arnold & Porter LLP Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Debevoise & Plimpton LLP - WINNER Sullivan & Cromwell LLP PROJECT FINANCE Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Morrison & Foerster LLP Norton Rose Fulbright - WINNER White & Case LLP STRUCTURED FINANCE Ashurst LLP Dentons Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Sidley Austin LLP - WINNER

3 The Legal 500 US awards 2014 WINNERS LIST: LAW FIRMS INDUSTRY FOCUS ENERGY Chadbourne & Parke LLP - WINNER Latham & Watkins LLP Norton Rose Fulbright Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Vinson & Elkins LLP ENVIRONMENT Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Hunton & Williams LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP Latham & Watkins LLP - WINNER Sidley Austin LLP INSURANCE GROUP Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP - WINNER Choate, Hall & Stewart Covington & Burling LLP Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP SPORTS GROUP Debevoise & Plimpton LLP DLA Piper - WINNER Proskauer Rose LLP HEALTHCARE GROUP Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. Hogan Lovells - WINNER King & Spalding LLP McDermott Will & Emery LLP Ropes & Gray LLP

4 2014 WINNERS LIST: LAW FIRMS INVESTMENT FUNDS ALTERNATIVE/HEDGE FUNDS Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Bingham McCutchen LLP Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP - WINNER Sidley Austin LLP MUTUAL/REGISTERED FUNDS Dechert LLP - WINNER K&L Gates Ropes & Gray LLP Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP Vedder Price PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP - WINNER Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS) Goodwin Procter LLP - WINNER Hogan Lovells Latham & Watkins LLP Sidley Austin LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

5 The Legal 500 US awards 2014 WINNERS LIST: LAW FIRMS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IP: BOUTIQUE Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP Fish & Richardson P.C. - WINNER Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Kenyon & Kenyon LLP IP: COPYRIGHT Durie Tangri LLP - WINNER Fenwick & West LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Winston & Strawn LLP IP: PATENT LITIGATION Latham & Watkins LLP McKool Smith PC Morrison & Foerster LLP Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP WilmerHale - WINNER Winston & Strawn LLP IP: PATENTS - NON-CONTENTIOUS Baker Botts L.L.P. Covington & Burling LLP Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Dunner LLP Foley & Lardner LLP Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP - WINNER McDermott Will & Emery LLP Morrison & Foerster LLP IP: TRADEMARKS - NON-CONTENTIOUS Arent Fox LLP Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC DLA Piper Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C. - WINNER Kenyon & Kenyon LLP IP: TRADEMARKS LITIGATION Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Jones Day Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton - WINNER Kirkland & Ellis LLP Proskauer Rose LLP

6 2014 WINNERS LIST: LAW FIRMS LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Covington & Burling LLP Groom Law Group Jones Day - WINNER Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP IMMIGRATION Baker & McKenzie LLP Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP Fragomen Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP McDermott Will & Emery LLP Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. - WINNER LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT - FULL SERVICE FIRM Jones Day Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP - WINNER Paul Hastings LLP Proskauer Rose LLP Seyfarth Shaw LLP LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT BOUTIQUE Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLC Fisher & Phillips Ford & Harrison LLP Jackson Lewis LLP Littler Mendelson, P.C. - WINNER Ogletree Deakins LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION (INCLUDING ERISA) Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Jones Day Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP O Melveny & Myers LLP Paul Hastings LLP - WINNER Proskauer Rose LLP Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

7 The Legal 500 US awards 2014 WINNERS LIST: LAW FIRMS LITIGATION INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION Arnold & Porter LLP Chaffetz Lindsey LLP Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP - WINNER White & Case LLP INTERNATIONAL TRADE Baker & McKenzie LLP - WINNER Kelley Drye & Warren LLP King & Spalding LLP Steptoe & Johnson LLP Wiley Rein LLP LEADING TRIAL LAWYER (INDIVIDUAL) Dan Webb - Winston & Strawn LLP Daniel Petrocelli - O Melveny & Myers LLP - WINNER Dianne Sullivan - Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Robert Van Nest - Keker & Van Nest, L.L.P. William Price - Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP MASS TORT AND CLASS ACTION: PLAINTIFF SIDE Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C. Herman, Herman & Katz LLC Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP - WINNER Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik LLP PRODUCT LIABILITY Arnold & Porter LLP Goodwin Procter LLP Greenberg Traurig LLP Jones Day Kirkland & Ellis LLP Morrison & Foerster LLP Reed Smith LLP - WINNER Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Williams & Connolly LLP SECURITIES LITIGATION Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP - WINNER Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz SUPREME COURT AND APPELLATE Arnold & Porter LLP Bancroft PLLC - WINNER Jones Day Latham & Watkins LLP Morrison & Foerster LLP Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Paul Hastings LLP Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP Williams & Connolly LLP TRADE SECRETS Covington & Burling LLP - WINNER Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Seyfarth Shaw LLP Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP WHITE-COLLAR DEFENSE Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP - WINNER Keker & Van Nest, L.L.P. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Williams & Connolly LLP WilmerHale

8 2014 WINNERS LIST: LAW FIRMS M&A AND BUYOUTS ANTITRUST Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Dechert LLP Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Jones Day Latham & Watkins LLP - WINNER M&A LARGE DEALS Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Hogan Lovells Jones Day Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP White & Case LLP - WINNER M&A LITIGATION Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP Grant & Eisenhofer P.A. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz - WINNER Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP M&A MEGA DEALS Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - WINNER Kirkland & Ellis LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz M&A MID-MARKET Chadbourne & Parke LLP McDermott Will & Emery LLP - WINNER Norton Rose Fulbright Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Vedder Price PRIVATE EQUITY BUYOUTS Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP - WINNER Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP VENTURE CAPITAL AND EMERGING MARKETS DLA Piper Fenwick & West LLP - WINNER Gunderson Dettmer LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Lowenstein Sandler LLP

9 The Legal 500 US awards 2014 WINNERS LIST: LAW FIRMS MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMS OUTSOURCING Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Mayer Brown - WINNER Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP White & Case LLP REGULATORY Covington & Burling LLP Hogan Lovells Hunton & Williams LLP Morrison & Foerster LLP - WINNER Sidley Austin LLP TRANSACTIONAL Cooley LLP Fenwick & West LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP - WINNER Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

10 2014 WINNERS LIST: LAW FIRMS REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION Farella Braun & Martel LLP Peckar & Abramson - WINNER Schiff Hardin LLP Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP LAND USE/ZONING DLA Piper Holland & Knight LLP Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Perkins Coie LLP - WINNER REAL ESTATE Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Goodwin Procter LLP Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP - WINNER Shearman & Sterling LLP Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

11 The Legal 500 US awards 2014 WINNERS LIST: LAW FIRMS TAX DOMESTIC Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP - WINNER Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Mayer Brown McDermott Will & Emery LLP Sidley Austin LLP INTERNATIONAL Baker & McKenzie LLP Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered - WINNER Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP TAX CONTROVERSY Bingham McCutchen LLP Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered Mayer Brown - WINNER Miller & Chevalier Chartered Thompson & Knight LLP

12 2014 WINNERS LIST: IN-HOUSE AVIATION/AEROSPACE Michael McAlevey vice president and general counsel, legal operations and business development GE Aviation Honeywell led by Kate Adams, senior vice-president and general counsel AUTOMOTIVE Howard Harris vice president of legal affairs, general counsel, and secretary BMW Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company led by David Bialosky, senior vice president, general counsel & secretary

13 The Legal 500 US awards 2014 WINNERS LIST: IN-HOUSE BANKING/CAPITAL MARKETS Eric Grossman general counsel Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch led by Lily Chang, managing director and associate general counsel - debt capital markets and Tom Yang, managing director and associate general counsel - equity capital markets ENGINEERING/CONSTRUCTION Timothy W Triplett general counsel and president, legal & risk management Black & Veatch Bechtel led by Michael Bailey, general counsel

14 2014 WINNERS LIST: IN-HOUSE ENERGY Josh McMorrow associate general counsel, US and Canada Weatherford BP led by John Lynch, general counsel ENVIRONMENT Jack Balagia vice-president and general counsel Exxon Mobil The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) led by Avi Garbow, General counsel

15 The Legal 500 US awards 2014 WINNERS LIST: IN-HOUSE ENTERTAINMENT Michael Fricklas general counsel and secretary Viacom Walt Disney led by Alan Braverman, general counsel FOOD/BEVERAGE Sabine Chalmers general counsel Anheuser-Busch InBev PepsiCo led by Larry Thompson, executive vice-president, government affairs, general counsel and corporate secretary

16 2014 WINNERS LIST: IN-HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES Alex Dimitrief senior vice president & general counsel GE Capital JP Morgan Chase led by Matthew Biben, general counsel, consumer & community banking HEALTHCARE Farinaz Tehrani general counsel and chief compliance officer Sunrise Senior Living American Hospital Association led by Melinda Reid Hatton, senior vice-president and general counsel

17 The Legal 500 US awards 2014 WINNERS LIST: IN-HOUSE INSURANCE William Casazza executive vice president and general counsel law & regulatory affairs Aetna Liberty Mutual led by James Kelleher, senior vice-president and chief legal officer IP Kathryn Barrett Park chief global executive brand counsel GE Google led by Kent Walker, senior vice-president and general counsel

18 2014 WINNERS LIST: IN-HOUSE LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT Neil Rosolinsky head of employment law RBS Sterling Jewelers led by Christina Janice, vice president & associate general counsel (head of litigation) and Lynn Dennison, senior vice president of corporate affairs and general counsel LITIGATION PD Villareal senior vice president, global litigation GlaxoSmithKline Comcast led by Arthur Block, senior vice president and general counsel

19 The Legal 500 US awards 2014 WINNERS LIST: IN-HOUSE MEDIA Stanton Dodge EVP & general counsel DISH Network Aereo led by Brenda Cotter, general counsel NOT-FOR-PROFIT Joanna Pressman General counsel The Robin Hood Foundation MoMa led by Patty Lipshutz, general counsel and secretary

20 2014 WINNERS LIST: IN-HOUSE PHARMACEUTICALS Bryan Supran senior vice president and associate general counsel Pfizer Johnson & Johnson led by Michael Ullmann, Vice-president and general counsel PRIVATE EQUITY John Finlay senior managing director and general counsel Blackstone The Carlyle Group led by Jeffrey Ferguson, managing director and general counsel

21 The Legal 500 US awards 2014 WINNERS LIST: IN-HOUSE REAL ESTATE/HOUSING Madison Grose senior managing counsel and co-general counsel Starwood Capital Group Tishman Speyer led by Michael Benner, senior managing director and general counsel SPORT Bill Daly deputy commissioner and chief legal officer National Hockey League Major League Baseball led by Ethan Orlinsky, senior vice president and general counsel

22 2014 WINNERS LIST: IN-HOUSE TAX Todd Freebern managing director, director of tax JC Flowers Hertz Global Holdings led by Anthony Fiore, staff vice president of global tax TECHNOLOGY Steven Greenspan associate general counsel United Technologies Corporation Altec led by Robert Hunter, senior vice-president, general counsel, and secretary

23 The Legal 500 US awards 2014 WINNERS LIST: IN-HOUSE TELECOMS Raj Kumar group vice president, chief counsel - commercial transactions Time Warner Cable AT&T led by Wayne Watts, senior executive vice president and general counsel

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